Sanitary spittoon



J. T. BLAKE.

SANITARY SPITTOON.

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Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

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JOHN T. BLAKE, 0F ELWOOD, TNDIANA.

SANITARY SPITTOON.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. BLAKE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Elwood, in the county of Madison and State ofIndiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in SanitarySpittoons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference generally to improvements in receptaclesand more particularly relates to a sanitary sputum cup.

The invention has forits primary aim and object to provide a device ofthe above mentioned character embodying a holder and a cup capable ofbeing removably acconnnodated and retained in the holder in such amanner as to readily receive sputum deposited therein and at the sametime being positioned so as to be quickly removed therefrom when it isdesired to empty the cup.

-More particularly this invention contemplates the provision of a deviceof the above mentioned character wherein an improved closure is providedfor the holder, resilient means serving to hold the closure normallyclosed; while acting in conjunction therewith is improved manuallyoperable means for moving the closure to an open position when desired.

It is a more specific object of this invention to provide a device ofthe above mentioned character wherein the operating means is peculiarlydesigned and so positioned relative to the holder that it acts as ahandle to facilitate the carrying of the device by the user.

Among the other aims and objects of this invention may be recited theprovision of a device of the above mentioned character with a view tocompactness and wherein the number of parts are few, the constructionsimple, the cost of production low and the efficiency high.

Other improvements and novel details in the construction and arrangementof the various parts of the device will be brought out more in detail inthe description to follow, which for a clear understanding of theinvention should be considered in connection with the accompanyingdrawings forming a part hereof, and wherein is disclosed for the purposeof illustration a convenient and satisfactory embodiment of theinvention. It is to be noted in this connec- Specificafcion of LettersPatent.

Patented Nov. 4 1919.

Application filed. May 12. 1919. Serial No. 296.484.

Fig. 3 is another transverse sectional view taken at right angles toFig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective detail of the closure.

' Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the abovedescribed views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings there isprovided a holder generally designated by the numeral 1 desirably in theform of a box-like body having a central opening 2 in the top aboutwhich is formed a funnel-like mouth 3 while one side wall of the body ofthe holder is formed with an opening 4: to permit of the removablereceptionof a box-like cup 5 within the body. A handle 6 is connected tothe outer or exposed wall of the cup to facilitate the insertion andremoval thereof while a pivoted latch 7 on the adjacent wall of the bodyof the holder serves to removably retain the cup in the holder and flushwith the wall in which the opening 4: is provided.

As intimated an improved closure has been provided and in reducing thisfeature of the invention to practice opposed flanged supporting guides 8are connected to the under surface of the top of the body of the holderwhile slidably mounted therein is a closure plate 9 the rear edge ofwhich is formed with a curved recess 10, designed to aline with theadjacent edge of the opening 2 when the plate is moved to an openposition. Pins 11 depend from the inner end of the plate near theopposite sides and have connected therewith adjacent ends of coiledcompression springs 12 the opposite ends of which are connected to theinner face of the adjacent wall of the body of the holder and tensionedto normally hold the plate in a closed position and to automaticallyreturn the plate to such position when released.

Suitable operating means in the present instance consists of a lever 13the lower end of which is pivoted to one of the side walls of the bodynear the bottom, the upper end portion of the lever projecting above theholder and being offset inwardly to form a handle 14. Connected to thelever is one end of a link 15 the main portion being ar ranged throughan opening in the body while the inner end is loosely connected to aflange 17 depending from the lower surface and near the adjacent end ofthe plate 9. In this connection it is to be observed of course, that thesprings 12 serve to yield ingly hold the handle lever against the holderwhile owing to the link connection 15 the late is normally held beneaththe opening. WVhen the owner desires to use the cup however, it is onlynecessary to swing the lever and thereby slide the plate 9 against thetension of the springs 12 so that sputem will pass through the opening 2and fall into the cup 5.

A serrated thumb piece 18 is carried transversely of the lever near itspivot and acts as an abutment for the thumb of the user of the cup whenthe fingers are arranged against the under surface of the bottom of theholder thereby facilitating the carrying of the device.

On the top of the holder 1 and adj acent the funnel like mouth 3 thereis mounted a cup 19 in communication with the interior of the holderthrough a valve 20. This cup is designed as a holder for a disinfectantwhich may be periodically admitted to the interior of the holder and thecup 5 by opening the valve 20.

It is believed in view of the foregoing description that a furtherdetailed description of the operation of the invention is entirelyunnecessary. Likewise it is believed that the advantages of theinvention will be readily apparent.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be madewithout departing from the scope thereof it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingsshall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limited sense. It isalso to be understood that. the language used in the following claims isintended to cover all the generic and specific features of the inventionherein described and all statements of the scope of the invention whichas a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

What is claimed is:

l. A device of the character described including a box-like body havingan opening in its top and an opening in one of its side walls, a cupinsertible through the opening in the wall and resting on the bottom ofthe body beneath the opening in the top and having one of its wallsclosing the opening in the side wall of the body, a latch for preventingaccidental displacement of the cup, a closure plate slidably mountedbeneath the opening in the top, resilient means for normally holding theplate in a closed position, a handle lever pivotally connected at itslower end to one of the walls of the body, and a link connection betweenthe lever and the plate whereby when the lever is swung the plate willbe slid to an open position against the tension of the resilient means.

2. In a device of the above character, a box-like body having an openingin its top, a closure plate for the opening, resilient means fornormally holding the plate closed, an operating lever pivoted to thebody and in connection with the plate and normally held against the bodyby the resilient means, and a serrated thumb piece carried trans verselyof the lever near the pivot point thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. ture.

JOHN T. BLAKE.

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